Swedish government evicting family to give space for Muslim migrants

The father of two teenage boys living in Lidingo, Sweden said he received a notification that he and his family are being evicted because their home will be given to migrants arriving from the Middle East.

Uffe Rustan said he received a call from the municipality telling him that their home needs to be vacated by August this year.

"I was evicted from my home over the phone. When I asked for the reason, he said that people come from other countries. He left the news and basically just said have a nice weekend,'' Rustan said, according to InfoWars.

Rustan and his sons aged 15 and 17 are living in a public housing facility offered to him by the government, along with a promise to establish a permanent housing contract in the future. The housing has a six-month lease that can be renewed.

Rustan has been staying in the unit for less than a year, and he has already renewed his lease once.

With the eviction notification, Rustan said he feels as if he is "worthless," even though he pays his taxes. His sons, both born in Lidingo, also go to school there.

"You cannot put a family on the streets for another family," he said, adding that the local residents appeared to be getting worse treatment from the government compared to migrants.

Rustan said the building he is staying in has been recently renovated, causing him and his family a lot of inconvenience, but the government has not compensated them for the trouble.

Sweden is suffering from housing shortage, which is felt particularly in the bigger cities. According to The Local, an estimated 300,000 people aged 20 to 27 have no property of their own.

The housing shortage is greatly impacted by the arrival of migrants who have fled from war-torn countries. A Swedish MP proposed that villa owners give their garages to migrants to help ease the housing shortage, a report said.